Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-11

never DE aScertalned. y o more bodies wer,
recovered to-day, though the ruins are
nearly cleared away. A trestle is in pro
cess of construction and the mails north
to and from this section are sent
via Montpelier and Wells River and Pas
sumpsic and Boston and Lowell railroads
as is also all through freight not sent via
Rutland. The evidence adduced by the
investigation of the railroad commission
ers sheds no light on the cause of the ac-
cnient. The investigation by the board OF
railroad commissioners began about 4
O'Clock soon after the arrival of a special
train from ST. Adams bringing the rail
road officials not already on the ground.
PRESIDENT j. Gregory Smith, +. G. Smith,
j, w. Hobart, j. NJ. Foss, c. w. Writers
and Guy G.. Noble. The railroad com
nlssloners were all present. The eXamin.
alton was conducted chiefly by eX-Gov.
Plngree, chairman. Gov. Ormsbee and
Judge Walker of. the Supreme Court were
present and sat with the board by invita-
ton.
Charles II. Pierce of White River June.
I q, engineer OF the Ill fated train. Frank
IT, Ihresher of West Braintree, fireman,
Alfred >. Robbins of Manchester. y. H.,
express messenger and DR.. a. p. Grinnell
OF Burlington, who has had general
charge of the injured, testified before the
commissioners The investigation con
unued until 10 o'clock, and will be re-
sumed at $50 tomorrow. Two theor.
les TO account for the accident are general
ly advanced, but the one that ascribes il
TO broken rail is most generally aC.
cepted, and the other is that the broken
journal on the rear sleepers caused the
breaking OF the rail. The fact is. incon.
trovertlble that the Eth rail from the
southeast end of the bridge mad
a new break, while about eight feet
of the end of the 18th rail nearest
the bridge was broken into sew
eral fragments and this rail has mani
fest flaws. Prof. Robert Fletcher of the
Ihayer school of civil engineering. Hano-
yer y. H., visited the scene of the acct
dent and examined the rails to-day, ac-
companled by class under his iustruc.
tlon. he reports that the rails which
nave broke arei manifestly defective in
material and construction. However, the
rlalls are reported by General Manager Ho-
bart to have been made by the celebrated
steel firm, John Brown * Co. of England
mere appears to have been no guard
rails for considerable distance be-
bridge. Inc town authorities, perhaps
moved by the excited public, are
inclined to entertain understandable
prejudice against the railroad company.
believing an attempt is being made to con.
ceal the worst and have taken counsel with
" VIC" " Hldhe q more thorough search II
possible. Considerable bad feeling has
been engendered at Hartford by the otii-
clous conduct of w. g. Hatch who was
placed In charge of the morgue. succeed.
ing Joseph Dennison of Royalton whose
Rentlemanly manner presents a striking
contrast. The cOlored porter on the Pull
man st. Adams" was j. II. Jones of
Boston. His remains and those of Con
ductor Burgess and Porter Hammer of the
slesper Pilgrim" were forwarded to
friends to-day. Additional names of sun
posed dead in the wreck are
Charles W. Sanford, formerly of Wash
ington, ID. c.
Berlangers brother and sister, of Holy
oke.
c. Hebard of Boston. Mass, who was
slightly injured, has gone to Montreal
and Constable Randall received a tele-
gram last evening from Boston to arrest
MN for having stolen 5000 there, but it
was too late.
Mrs. Edward Blaisdell, reported as miss
i n,,g, has turned mp all right in Montreal
The injured are constantly under the care
of medical attendants DR.. Grinnel in
testifying before the commission paid
nigh tribute to the faithfulness and care
or the physicians who have been under
hlm; They are Drs. II. A. Watson and
.. W. Daley, White River Junction c.
bray, West Lebanon, y. H.; James b.
Rand and w. H. Currier, Hartford G.
Leroy Emerson, West Hartford, Brews-
TER and Richmond, Windsor; +. \. smith.
Felchville, pham, West Randolph Bis.
bee, South RoyaltOn G. A. Sperry, Que.
chee; Drs. l.. NJ. Bingham and j. ii.
iAnsley, Burlington, and c. r. Frost,
Dartmouth, medical college have been his
counsel the latter of whom is now left in
general charge. George II. Todd, super
intendent of the northern division of the
Boston and Lowell railroad ! NJ Mulli-